Environment China is a weekly bilingual podcast from the Beijing Energy Network. The show features conversations with advocates, entrepreneurs, and experts working in the environmental field in China. We are looking to learn how they do their work, what new strategies and solutions they have found, and why now is the right time for real and positive changes in China’s environmental field.

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The power grid. Most of us don't think too much about what's
behind the switches and the wires and the circuits. Will the lights
come on when you flip on a light switch at home or will you be left
in the dark? Will those electrons come from a solar farm or from an
aging coal power plant? Well, some among us do think a lot about
these questions, and more: how can we make our power sector run
more efficiently and cleanly? How can we reduce the carbon and
pollution footprint of the power sector?

In the second episode in our Green Power mini-series, we chat
with Christopher James, a Principal with the Regulatory Assistance
Project (RAP), about China's latest round of power sector reform.
We learn why "regional balancing," "economic/green dispatch,"
and a shift in the utility business-model paradigm are key to
decarbonizing China's power sector. Chris joins us with over 30
years' experience working on implementing environmental
regulations, and has been in and out of China for over a decade
helping to translate this experience into practical improvements in
China's power sector management system. To learn more about RAP and
Chris' work, check out the RAP website at raponline.org.

About the Podcast

Environment China is a bi-weekly podcast from the Beijing Energy Network (BEN), a grassroots organization created to help understand and tackle China’s energy and environmental challenges. The podcast features conversations with advocates, entrepreneurs, and experts and aims to highlight innovative solutions for improving China’s environment. We explore how they do their work, what strategies and solutions they have found, and why now is the right time for real and positive progress for China’s environment.